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Well good news for you, thanks to a workaround you don't have to. Two notes before I start::
1. You will not be able to use remote play on vita or vita tv until they receive an update to support 2.5.
2. Thanks to reddit users xXxD3NN15xXx and flyingcloud11 for this workaround.
Let's start:
1. Download SKFU proxy server
2. Open SKFU proxy server and in it click on the HTTP(S) Rules tab. Within it:
Source: http://fus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/list/us/ps4-updatelist.xml
Target: http://fus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/beta/list/us/ps4-updatelist.xml
Click Add Rule.
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Note: If in Europe, switch 'us' to 'eu'
3. Turn on your PS4 and in the network setting, set up the proxy server with the proxy ip and port in SKFU.
4. Download the 2.5 firmware and put it on a flash drive under the folder PS4/UPDATE
US EU
Plug the flash drive into your PS4.
5. Put the PS4 into safe mode (turn it off completely and then hold the power down until you hear two beeps)
6. Select update system software and then update from usb device.
7. After the error message appears, keep the flash drive plugged in and select restart the PS4.
8. The firmware should download automatically. Once it's done downloading click on it to install.
Note: You might have to repaet steps 5-7 a few times. It took me three before it finally downloaded.
Enjoy using 2.5!
Alternative method
Well good news for you, thanks to a workaround you don't have to. Two notes before I start::
1. You will not be able to use remote play on vita or vita tv until they receive an update to support 2.5.
2. Thanks to reddit users xXxD3NN15xXx and flyingcloud11 for this workaround.
Let's start:
1. Download SKFU proxy server
2. Open SKFU proxy server and in it click on the HTTP(S) Rules tab. Within it:
Source: http://fus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/list/us/ps4-updatelist.xml
Target: http://fus01.ps4.update.playstation.net/update/ps4/beta/list/us/ps4-updatelist.xml
Click Add Rule.
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Note: If in Europe, switch 'us' to 'eu'
3. Turn on your PS4 and in the network setting, set up the proxy server with the proxy ip and port in SKFU.
4. Download the 2.5 firmware and put it on a flash drive under the folder PS4/UPDATE
US EU
Plug the flash drive into your PS4.
5. Put the PS4 into safe mode (turn it off completely and then hold the power down until you hear two beeps)
6. Select update system software and then update from usb device.
7. After the error message appears, keep the flash drive plugged in and select restart the PS4.
8. The firmware should download automatically. Once it's done downloading click on it to install.
Note: You might have to repaet steps 5-7 a few times. It took me three before it finally downloaded.
Enjoy using 2.5!
Alternative method
Oh for anyone actually wanting to do this, skip the whole flash drive section. When you check for update regularly on your ps4 you'll get an error. Reboot the ps4 and it will download regardless.